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Lot Essay
Sold with a photo-certificate from the Comit Andr Masson dated Paris le 8 Mars 1995.
Masson was one of the Surrealist Group migrs who arrived in America during the early years of World War II, along with Dal, Dominguez, Tanguy, Ernst and others. The impact of these artists was fundamentally philosophical; American artists had been following the Surrealist movement from a distance, and now most of the great pioneers of Surrealism were living in their midst and raising the level of discourse on many issues that were of interest to younger American artists. The influence of Masson's automatist technique on American paintings during the later 1940s, especially on the work of Jackson Pollock, has been described by the eminent critic Clement Greenberg: "Andr Masson's presence on this side of the Atlantic during the War was of inestimable benefit to us. He, more than anyone else, has anticipated the new abstract painting, and I don't believe he has received enough credit for it" (C. Greenberg, 'Contribution to a Symposium', Art and Culture, Boston 1961, p. 126).
Masson was one of the Surrealist Group migrs who arrived in America during the early years of World War II, along with Dal, Dominguez, Tanguy, Ernst and others. The impact of these artists was fundamentally philosophical; American artists had been following the Surrealist movement from a distance, and now most of the great pioneers of Surrealism were living in their midst and raising the level of discourse on many issues that were of interest to younger American artists. The influence of Masson's automatist technique on American paintings during the later 1940s, especially on the work of Jackson Pollock, has been described by the eminent critic Clement Greenberg: "Andr Masson's presence on this side of the Atlantic during the War was of inestimable benefit to us. He, more than anyone else, has anticipated the new abstract painting, and I don't believe he has received enough credit for it" (C. Greenberg, 'Contribution to a Symposium', Art and Culture, Boston 1961, p. 126).